Digitalization

description

The distance learning which has recently been implemented by many educational institutions from primary school to university, is based on teaching and communication by using various technological tools, although there is a physical distance between the teacher/instructor and the student.

The first reason, why online resources became available, was to make education equally accessible to everyone around the world. In the past 10-15 years, digitalization in education has gained momentum, with universities such as MIT, Harvard and Princeton starting to upload certain courses to major internet platforms. The online education, which became a necessity along with the restrictions brought by the Covid-19 pandemic, has led to a change in the understanding of education all around the world and has revealed many of the problems in this area, but online education is not only useful in these extreme scenarios. A properly planned remote education program is also an alternative for teachers and students after the pandemic.

The “Digitalization” course addresses problems in this area, examines also what it can bring to the table and how it should be used.

 

target group

• Teachers (primary, secondary, vocational, adult, special needs)
• Teacher trainers
• Headteachers
• Principals and school managers

methods

• Lectures and seminars
• Practices
• Project works
• Collaborative teamwork
• Q & A activities

daily program

Day 1:

• Arrival of the Guests
• Meeting
• Presentation:
  • Values of the European Union
  • Information about the city and the course program
  • Information about Erasmus+ program
  • Expectations from the group and determining the requirements
• Presentation: The history of digitalization in education up to the present
  • The beginning of digitalization and its adventure to date
  • Important statistics
  • Summary of the most widely used online education techniques
  • Developments and objectives in Europe and Austria
  • Effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on digitalization
  • Evaluating distance education as part of lifelong learning
• Q & A: Digitalization in Austria

Day 2:

• Presentation: Online course design – Highlights to consider
• Discussion: Disadvantages of online courses
• Brainstorming: Possible solutions to these disadvantages
• Presentation: How should the curriculum of distance learning be structured?
• Q & A about the discussed topics

Day 3:

• Presentation:
  • The most popular online education platforms (Moodle, D2L Brightspace, Eliademy, etc.)
  • What are the proper tools for recording the course materials (Articulate, Camtasia, Zoom, etc.)?
  • Interactive education techniques
  • Effective presentation techniques
  • Converting presentations into an e-learning package
• Exercise: Recording and organizing a course video for distance education

Day 4:

• Presentation:
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of online education,
  • Comparison of classroom education and online education
  • How to get a feedback from students?
• Praxis
  • Assessment of course examples together
  • Exercise of giving a correct Feedback
• Praxis
  • How to find the right sources?
  • What is the Creative Commons license? What to look for when searching for pictures, videos and music?
  • How to refer to these sources?

Day 5:

• Presentation:
  • Introduction to the preparation of video
  • Principles of preparing the course in the video format
  • Simple video preparation programs
  • Basic commands in video preparation programs
• Research review: the impact of watching lecture videos on academic performance
• Workshop: Preparing educational videos in teams

Day 6:

• Discussion: What is the digital story and which impact has it on the education?
• Presentation:
  • What is a digital story?
  • Types of digital story
  • What is digital storytelling’s place in the classroom?
  • What are the most common mistakes?
• Exercise: Digital story preparation

Day 7:

• Presentation:
  • Simulation programs in education
  • Examples of simulations used in scientific fields
  • How to create educational simulations?
  • Example/Praxis: Robotics education with simulations in low-budget schools
• Workshop:
  • Games as a tool in education
  • Developing a game with simple digital tools

Day 8:

• Presentation:
  • Installing Moodle (distance learning management system) on computer
  • Technical requirements for Moodle
• Workshop:
  • Creating a course on Moodle
  • Adding resources and activities to Moodle
  • Making a collaborative project on Moodle

Day 9:

• Presentation:
  • Creating a question bank in distance education
  • Making exams in distance education, different types of exams
  • How to choose the correct exam type according to the content of the course?
• Workshop: Preparing various types of exams and assignments on Moodle
• Q & A activity

Day 10:

• General Summary
• Erasmus+: Objectives, priorities and evaluation of achievements
• Certificate distribution
• Participants ‘ plans for the future
• Feedback

learning outcomes

The participants of this course will

• understand the importance of digitalization and creativity in education system
• observe the process of the digitalization of Austria, notice educational differences and similarities in different cultures, and exchange ideas with foreign colleagues
• recognize synchronous and asynchronous distance education, use them in a complex way
• motivate students using digital media and encourage them to exchange information among themselves
• be able to prepare materials according to the target group
• recognize and use digital teaching environments
• be able to search for effective resources
• have the ability to prepare online training materials
• create collaborative projects in online environments
• have better understanding of video lessons
• be able to search for Creative Commons licensed image/video and music to use in lessons
• develop communication and social skills and
• improve their English language skills.

We can offer you both 5 and 10 day courses. For the availability of dates please contact us using the button below!